Workers' Compensation News
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Lawmakers Approve Broad Presumption Bill but Give Some Employers a Defense | 06/30/2020 | |
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| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 150 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 4 min read | |||
| A bill that would provide a COVID-19 workers' compensation presumption to sickened frontline workers is on its way to the governor after it was approved by lawmakers on Friday. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI, Actuaries Chart COVID Compensability Laws in States | 06/30/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 683 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 44 min read | |||
| With the rapidly changing state laws on COVID-19 claims, insurers, employers and workers are asking: Where and when is the disease considered compensable? ...Read More | |||
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WCAB Commissioners Focus on Reducing Case Backlog, Urge Parties to Consider Settling​ | 06/29/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1267 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 60 min read | |||
| Commissioners from the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board said Friday they were committed to reducing a years-old case backlog, and they urged parties with current cases to consider settling during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...Read More | |||
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DIR: State Approves Workplace Safety Standards for Nighttime Agricultural Workers | 06/29/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 185 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 65 min read | |||
| California this week became the first state in the nation to approve lighting safety protocols for nighttime agriculture workers, according to a news release from the Department of Industrial Relations. ...Read More | |||
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Classification Inspection Report Program to Expand for Agents and Brokers, WCIRB Says | 06/29/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 207 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 17 min read | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau announced it will expand its Special Inspection Report Program by allowing brokers and agents to request physical inspections of their clients’ business operations, according to a news release. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Workers Pharmacy Must Pay $11 Million in Opioid Settlement | 06/29/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: MA | Segment: Top | 881 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 107 min read | |||
| Injured Workers Pharmacy, the nation's largest mail-order pharmacy that caters to workers' compensation, must pay $11 million to settle charges that it dispensed excessive amounts of opioid medications without keeping an eye on safety. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Aviation Law Doesn't Bar State Regulation of Air Ambulance Rates | 06/29/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 910 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 43 min read | |||
| A majority of the Texas Supreme Court ruled that federal aviation law does not bar the state from requiring that private insurance companies reimburse the fair and reasonable medical expenses of injured workers for air ambulance services. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Orders Retrial Due to Evidentiary Errors | 06/29/2020 | |
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| State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 186 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 33 min read | |||
| The South Dakota Supreme Court overturned a jury’s verdict in favor of an injured worker on her bad-faith claim, finding the trial judge had erred in excluding evidence of an attorney’s legal advice. ...Read More | |||
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Driver Gets Benefits After Jumping From Burning Truck | 06/29/2020 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 153 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 19 min read | |||
| The Utah Court of Appeals ruled that a truck driver is entitled to benefits for the aggravation of pre-existing conditions caused by leaping away from her burning vehicle. ...Read More | |||
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'Compound King' Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison and $12 Million in Restitution | 06/29/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 356 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 15 min read | |||
| A Houston pharmacist who called himself “the Compound King” has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for defrauding the federal workers' compensation program out of millions of dollars. ...Read More | |||
